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The increasing use of catheters for hemodialysis care is spurring a rise in infections and antibiotic resistant pathogens, health care epidemiologists reported recently in San Diego at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
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These general infection control practices for hemodialysis units are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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An index of all 2002 Hospital Infection Control articles organized by topic.
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Expanding upon their earlier study that demonstrated that spouses of hypertensive patients are more likely to be hypertensive themselves, these British researchers studied couples to determine whether other illnesses exhibited the same association.
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Among patients being evaluated for chronic cough, women are more sensitive than men to inhalation of tussive agents.
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GlaxoSmithKline is expected to launch a new drug for benign prostatic hypertrophy in December. Dutasteride is a 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor, which was previously approved in November 2001 but not launched.
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Debate over the cardiovascular effects of COX-2 inhibitors has raged
for more than a year since a special communication was published in
JAMA last August suggesting an increase in cardiovascular events with
rofecoxib (Vioxx). Now a large retrospect, the cohort study from the
Tennessee Medicaid program seems to confirm the prothrombotic effects
of rofecoxib, at least in high dose.
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This study assessed the effectiveness of oral melatonin taken in different dosage regimens for alleviating jet-lag after air travel across several time zones.
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Efficacy of Handrubbing with Alcohol-Based Solution vs. Standard Handwashing with Antiseptic Soap: Randomized Clinical Trial; A Program To Prevent Functional Decline in Physically Frail, Elderly Persons Who Live at Home; Treatment of Chronic Painful Diabetic Neuropathy with Isosorbide Dinitrate Spray
